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So here I am on our trip to Disney and I have never encountered so many "unmagical" cast members.
Disheartening.
Disheartening.
So here I am on our trip to Disney and I have never encountered so many "unmagical" cast members.
Disheartening.
What "Disney" are you at? There's many locations that fall under the Disney umbrella.So here I am on our trip to Disney and I have never encountered so many "unmagical" cast members.
Disheartening.
Noticed when I was there between 12/15 - 12/25 that there seemed to be a lot of new cast members because I've never seen so many "higher up" cast members helping out in attractions. Either that or they were very short staffed which I have a hard time believing.
Noticed when I was there between 12/15 - 12/25 that there seemed to be a lot of new cast members because I've never seen so many "higher up" cast members helping out in attractions. Either that or they were very short staffed which I have a hard time believing.
its the recent changes for some departments. Whenever a cast member calls in, they accrue points. 3 pts for a single call in, up to 36 for full time. Now, i think they are trying to change this system to PTO time so now cast members can call in and not accrue points if they paid themselves from sick or vacation time. I know it affects some departments but im not sure if its parkwide.
dont quote me on it either, i could be wrong too.
What a way to start your day.We had been out of our room most of the morning spectating/participating in the 10K. Got back. Showered. Went to lunch. Came back quickly to the room at about 2pm to drop off refillable mug prior to heading out again. Room not cleaned which was no problem but the housekeeper saw me go in, knocked, handed me a bunch of towels and said "I probably won't get to your room today". We called housekeeping and asked them to send her some assistance.
Driving into Epcot the morning of the marathon and the parking attendant motions us to stop. So we stop. She says $20. I said "Oh we're staying onsite. There's the parking thing in the windshield. Did you need to scan my magicband?" I didn't say it in a fresh tone of voice. I figured maybe she didn't see the parking thing right on the dashboard and so if she scanned my magicband it would show my hotel. She says "don't get fresh with me". I said I wasn't being fresh but if the parking paper wasn't enough would she need the magicband. She takes the handheld scanner and scans the band. The scanner didn't work (which BTW seems to be a common problem)so then she says "$20 or you can't go in". At that point we just drove in. I figured if the Disney police got us we had 2 things indicating free parking.
Those are 2 examples. In general, the CMs seemed "meh" to me. Makes me sad because it didn't used to be that way.
Good post! And add to that the seemingly unrelenting drive to have the "perfect, magical vacation in the pristine Disney bubble". It's a recipe for disappointment and I agree with whoever it was upthread that once a negative incident pings your radar, it tends to make one hyper-sensitive to further perceived incidents.What a way to start your day.
I feel like it started with the MYW Dining Plan. (2005, I believe.) All of a sudden it started getting stressful in restaurants when people were arguing about whether their tip was included in the plan or not and all sorts of other little discrepancies and problems. It changed the atmosphere and then it slowly went downhill from there. Now we have all this technology that people are stressed about. It has to wear on you day in and day out. Combined with cost cutting, crowds, expectations, perhaps low pay (idk), and who knows what else, it's a sign of the times, IMO. Fortunately there are still some shining moments. Those are probably the times we need to focus on, otherwise it does get disheartening.
We had been out of our room most of the morning spectating/participating in the 10K. Got back. Showered. Went to lunch. Came back quickly to the room at about 2pm to drop off refillable mug prior to heading out again. Room not cleaned which was no problem but the housekeeper saw me go in, knocked, handed me a bunch of towels and said "I probably won't get to your room today". We called housekeeping and asked them to send her some assistance.